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EveningNightshade
Joined: 14 Jun 2003
Reviews: 22
Location: Scotland
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Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:57 pm
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Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. I love all the images of Aragorn and Arwen. It's nice to see an interpretation of them as a 'real' couple, who even argue and disagree. Well done!  |
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sindohte
Joined: 14 May 2003
Reviews: 157
Location: Rubbing up against an Elf
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Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:44 pm
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| You managed to humanize Arwen and show her not as the beautiful Elf maiden untouched by time and love, but rather as a mortal woman - in love with her husband and her life. My only criticism is that your sentences tended to be much too long. Other than that, an excellent job. |
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LuthienTinuviel
Joined: 29 Dec 2003
Reviews: 312
Location: Dancing in the clouds.
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Thu Feb 19, 2004 1:45 am
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| Well, you followed the language-style of Tolkien! The sentences were too long, and sometimes a bother to read, but it is a beautiful work. =) |
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Hathor
Joined: 10 Jun 2003
Reviews: 52
Location: Lancashire, England
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Fri Feb 20, 2004 4:50 pm
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| Yay Scribe for pointing me over this way. I really enjoyed the humanising of Arwen, and the little additions, such as the spices, were extremely effective. Thank you! |
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linweseregon
Joined: 16 Nov 2003
Reviews: 43
Location: North of the River and south of the Sun
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Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:17 pm
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| I love this!!! |
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Daeuial
Joined: 11 Apr 2004
Reviews: 44
Location: NYC
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Sat Apr 24, 2004 2:59 am
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| I don't agree with the premise of this story, because Arwen seems to have been described as 'fading' from her grief at losing Aragorn after his death, and laying down to die alone in Lothlorien. I don't think a mortal can die from grief in Tolkien's world, so she must have still been counted as one of the Firstborn--but she simply could not go to Valinor, because the last ships had left years earlier. However, I can stil see the beauty in your story, and I enjoyed it very much. Were you perhaps using Elros as a prior example of a Peredhil's changes after making the choice to become mortal? |
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Thuriniel
Joined: 29 Jul 2003
Reviews: 94
Location: Watching the purple sky fly over me ...
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Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:54 am
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What a beautiful read this has been! It is hard to guess exactly what changes Arwen went through when she gave up her immortality as she bound herself to Aragorn, but it is always interesting to speculate on how those changes would have affected her and what their married life would've been like.
I love the idea of Arwen being like any other mortal woman ... and I think that Aragorn was more than pleased that this would be the case. I especially enjoyed the idea of Arwen being "awakened" to the world after giving up her immortality and being able to taste and smell and feel as she hadn't been able before.
Whether this is true to canon or not, it still is a beautiful reminder of the beauty of every day life. |
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Sarah1313
Joined: 24 Nov 2004
Reviews: 2
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:21 pm
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| This was a very good story, and the languge you used was in the style Tolkien wrote it. Very good! |
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